White v. Susan E. Bindler
- Thomas Hixson
- 4:25-cv-08605
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In White v. Bindler, Judge Tigar denied White’s emergency motion for a protective order, treating it as a temporary restraining-order request.
Scotty White, whose emergency motion was denied; the opinion also names Cheryl Bullock, Richard Ethridge, Judy Redmond, Kevin C. Ellis, and Tracie Eudailey as people on whose behalf White purported to bring claims.
What happened
In Scotty White v. Susan E. Bindler, et al., White asked for emergency protection from alleged retaliation, false charges, and interference with court filings involving proceedings in Missouri and elsewhere. He also mentioned proposed federal-employment removal proceedings and sought relief for himself and other named plaintiffs.
The court treated White’s request as a motion for a temporary restraining order. White asked the court to stop alleged retaliation, direct a court clerk to process his motions, prevent false statements, and oversee proceedings in Missouri.
The court denied the motion because White did not show that he had notified the opposing parties or explain why notice was impossible, as required by a local rule. Judge Tigar also ruled that White had not identified a legal basis for relief, explained why the California court had jurisdiction over events in Missouri, or shown why it should interfere with another court’s proceedings.
The detailed version
- White v. Susan E. Bindler · No. 4:25-cv-08605
- Thomas Hixson
- Oct. 17, 2025
Background
Scotty White sued various court employees of the United States Supreme Court, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Cape Girardeau Missouri District Court. The opinion says the complaint’s allegations were difficult to follow. White alleged that Missouri officials and court clerks were making false or fraudulent charges, refusing to docket filings, dismissing motions, and otherwise obstructing cases in Missouri and Washington, D.C. He purported to bring claims for himself and for Cheryl Bullock, Richard Ethridge, Judy Redmond, Kevin C. Ellis, and Tracie Eudailey.
White also alleged that the Department of Homeland Security had named him in a proposed removal from federal employment based on charges of insubordination and illegal conduct. He said his attempts to respond had been unsuccessful because a court clerk refused to process his application for emergency protection.
Motion
White filed an emergency motion for a protective order. He asked the court to stop an attorney and other members of the Missouri Department of Justice from pursuing retaliatory actions connected to the litigation, direct a court clerk to process his emergency motions, prevent defendants from making false statements about him, treat fraud charges filed by the Department of Homeland Security as evidence of retaliation, oversee the Missouri court to prevent procedural obstacles to access, and order other measures to protect his safety.
The court construed the motion as a request for a temporary restraining order, which is an emergency order intended to provide temporary relief.
Court’s reasoning
The court first relied on Civil Local Rule 65-1. That rule requires a temporary-restraining-order motion to include a declaration stating that notice was given to the opposing party or explaining why notice could not be given. The court found that White had not shown that he provided the required notice or that notice was impossible.
The court also denied the motion on the merits. It said White had not identified a legally recognized statutory or common-law basis for the requested relief. The court further said he had not explained why it had jurisdiction over events occurring in Missouri or why, even if it had jurisdiction, it should interfere with ongoing proceedings in another court.
Disposition
The court denied White’s emergency motion for a protective order. The opinion does not state that the denial was with or without prejudice.
Read the full 3-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.